Meteorology 
Particulate constituents 
Biological related studies 
Agriculture 
Fisheries 
Forestry 
Vegetation 
wildlife 
Integrated Environmental Studies 
Climatology 
Desertification 
Land degradation 
Land pollution 
Multiapplication studies 
Soil science 
Remote Sensing Techniques 
Sensing Platforms 
Aircraft 
Balloons and aerostats 
Helicopters 
Manned orbital platforms 
Rockets 
Satellites 
Ships 
Surface data platforms 
Sensors 
Active microwave sensors 
Active optical devices 
Acoustic devices 
Arrays Sensors 
Imaging systems and imagery 
Photographic systems 
Scanners 
Spectrometers 
Radiometers 
Television systems 
Physical Principles and Phenomena 
Sensing and Communications Paths 
Ground Stations and Data Processing 
Laboratories and Facilities 
Automatic classification 
Computer systems description 
Data processing 
Data correction 
Enhancement 
Manual interpretation 
Mathematical analysis 
Statistical analysis 
Data Storage/Retrieval and Data 
Catalogues 
Project and Mission Design 
Programme Planning and Policy 
Cost and benefits 
Technology transfer 
User related services 
Sensing Techniques 
Acoustic sensing 
Active microwave sensing 
Active optical sensing 
Imaging sensing 
Array sensing 
Photographic sensing 
Television sensing 
Scanner sensing 
Spectrometry 
Radiometry 
Pattern Recognition 
Imagery 
The ERSAP Scope and Coverage document will be 
continuously updated by an ad-hoc steering group 
of experts from the European Space Agency and 
experts from European remote sensing 
organisations, and will be the major tool used 
to select and include the original documents to 
be processed for entry into the database. 
5.3 ERSAP Document S 
In the first implementation phase, unpublished 
documents will be included in the database such 
as: 
= Technical Notes, Memoranda and 
Technical Papers 
= Technical Handbooks 
= Theses/Dissertations 
= Contractor Reports 
= Patent Applications 
= Pre-Conference Papers 
= Research in Progress 
= Conference and Symposia Proceedings 
as well as 
= Dictionaries of Remote Sensing and 
Photogrammetry Terms 
= Thesauri of Remote Sensing and 
Photogrammetry Terms 
= Glossaries of Remote Sensing and 
Photogrammetry 
= Encyclopaedia of Remote Sensing and 
Photogrammetry 
= Directories of Remote Sensing and 
Photogrammetry Centres, Organisations, 
Professional Societies, Data Centres, 
Laboratories, etc. 
Later on the conventional published literature 
will be included in the database, such as: 
- Books 
= Journals 
= Journal Issues 
5,4 ERSAP Document Sources 
The sources of the documents of the ERSAP 
database will be: 
= European Space Agency 
and its contractors 
= Research Institutes and Centres 
and Universities 
= Governmental Organisations 
= Data Centres 
= Other Organisations 
working in the field of remote sensing and 
photogrammetry and their respective 
applications.